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noun
- 1. the amount of arrows a quiver can hold.
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The meaning of QUIVERFUL is as many as a quiver will hold. How to use quiverful in a sentence.
quiverful in British English. (ˈkwɪvəfʊl ) noun. 1. the amount that a quiver can hold. 2. literary. a fair number or full complement. a quiverful of children. Collins English Dictionary.
noun. the amount that a quiver can hold. literary. a fair number or full complement. a quiverful of children. “Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012. Discover More. Example Sentences.
What does the word quiverful mean? There are three meanings listed in OED's entry for the word quiverful. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. See meaning & use. How common is the word quiverful? Fewer than 0.01 occurrences per million words in modern written English. See frequency.
Define quiverful. quiverful synonyms, quiverful pronunciation, quiverful translation, English dictionary definition of quiverful. n 1. the amount that a quiver can hold 2. literary a fair number or full complement: a quiverful of children.
quiverful (plural quiverfuls or quiversful) The amount held by a quiver. A large amount.
quiver noun [C] (SHAKE) a slight shake, often because of strong emotion: The opening bars of the music sent a quiver of excitement through the crowd. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. (Definition of quiver from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)